Collection Analysis Report
for Read On Wisconsin: 3-5
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 16 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(16 of 16 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- English Language Arts (12 books)
- History (5 books)
- Nonfiction (5 books)
- Picture Book (5 books)
- Social Studies (5 books)
- Historical Fiction (4 books)
- Humor (4 books)
- Adventure (3 books)
- Biography (3 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Science (2 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (2 books)
- Spanish (2 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Holiday (1 books)
- Horror (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
- STEAM (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 14 of 16 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 712 (Range: 240 - 1010)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 7 of 16 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 23 Videos
- 13 Book Readings
- 36 Lesson Plans
- Total of 270 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)'s "Read On Wisconsin: 3-5". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QL3MQJQ
The Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book of Found Poems
by Georgia Heard and Antoine Guilloppe
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2012
Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World
by Tracey E. Fern and Boris Kulikov
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1010
- Year Published: 2012
The Beetle Book
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2012
Chickadee
by Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich
Book 4 of the Birchbark House Series
- Grades Used: 5
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: American Indian
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers
by Sarah Warren and Robert Casilla
- Grades Used: 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Spanish, Social Studies
- Lexile: 520
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Giants Beware!
by Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre
Book 1 of the Chronicles of Claudette, The
- Genres: Adventure, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 240
- Year Published: 2012
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka
by Jon Scieszka
- Grades Used: 3, 4
- Genres: Biography, Humor, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Liar & Spy
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Liar & SpyMalcolm at Midnight
by W.H. Beck and Brian Lies
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Mystery, Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2012
The Mighty Miss Malone
- Grades Used: 9, 10
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
My Name Is Maria Isabel
by Alma Flor Ada and K. Dyble Thompson
- Grades Used: 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Latino/a/e/x (Global), Immigrant / Refugee, Latino (US / Canada)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Spanish
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 1993
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The One and Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate and Patricia Castelao Katherine Applegate and Patricia Castelao
Book 1 of the Ivan and Friends Series
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
- Genres: Humor
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 570
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
The Scary Places Map Book: Seven Terrifying Tours
by B.G. Hennessy and Erwin Madrid
- Genres: Adventure, Holiday, Horror, Humor, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 2012
Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
by Henry Cole
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for UnspokenThe Year of the Book
by Andrea Cheng and Abigail Halpin
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Asian American, Asian (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 590
- Year Published: 2012
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